2023 Battle On The Bricks Qualifying

IMSA

Sep 17

Porsche dominated the qualifying session of the Battle On The Bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course with a front row lock in GTP and a pole in GTP PRO.

📷 Courtesy of Porsche. Matt Campbell and Felipe Nasr with #7 Porsche 963 will start from pole.

Porsche Penske Motorsports locks out front row.

Porsche Penske Motorsport’s two factory-run Porsche 963 will tackle the penultimate round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season from the front grid row. Matt Campbell qualified on pole position at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with #7 Porsche 963 and Mathieu Jaminet set the second quickest time with sister #6.

📷 Courtesy of Porsche. Matt Campbell and Felipe Nasr with #7 Porsche 963.

Matt Campbell (Porsche 963 #7): “This pole position means a lot to the team because Penske owns the track. Everything ran perfectly for us in the free practice sessions and qualifying. Still, I expect race day will be hard work. It’s a very short track and there are a lot of cars in five different classes. It’ll definitely be hectic, very tight and spectacular. We need to be careful and not risk collisions. If we can stay out of trouble, then we should be good for a decent result.”

📷 Courtesy of Porsche. Tandy/ Jaminet will start from front row with Porsche 963 #6

Mathieu Jaminet (Porsche 963 #6): “Pole for the sister car, second place for us – a brilliant result. I’m happy because, at the beginning of the weekend, we were far away from the leaders with our No. 6 car. The team did an excellent job and made us significantly faster compared to Friday. Our car runs much better now. Based on this, second place was a positive surprise. We head into the race from an ideal starting position. Hopefully, we can turn that into a top result.” Source: Porsche.

Tom Blomqvist Leads Acura Qualifying Runs

📷 Courtesy of IMSA.

Tom Blomqvist led the Acura effort today on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, qualifying third in the #60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 prototype he will share with Colin Braun in Sunday’s two-hour, 40-minute contest.

The Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport duo of Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque will line up fifth in their #10 Acura, with Taylor piloting the ARX-06 in qualifying today around the 2.439-mile Indy road course. Source: Acura Motorsports

Second row start for Cadillac Racing

Sebastien Bourdais, driving the #01 Cadillac V-Series.R, recorded a best lap of 1 minute, 13.939 seconds. The No. 01 Cadillac V-Series.R has started in the top half of the field in all but one of the eight races.

The #31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac V-Series.R driven by Pipo Derani qualified eighth with a best lap of 1:14.284 for the 2-hour, 40-minute race Sunday.

Sebastien Bourdais drove in qualifying: “We had a really great car at the test in July and then I saw the temperatures on the forecast and said this is going to be a tough one. I wish it was hotter because if it was I think we’d be in a better spot. But the conditions being what they are, we’ll get on with it. A little sad about that but the team is executing well and I think we’re doing everything we can maximize the result. Tomorrow will be a chaotic day. I think the weather is going to come into play as well. We’ll try to stay out of trouble and see what comes our way. Source: Cadillac Racing

Pfaff Motorsports’ Porsche on first grid spot in GTE-Pro.

Klaus Bachler was successful in the GTD Pro class, with the Austrian clinching pole position at the wheel of the Porsche 911 GT3 R fielded by Pfaff Motorsports.

📷 Courtesy of Porsche. Bachler/Pilet with, Porsche 911 GT3 R #9

Klaus Bachler (Porsche 911 GT3 R #9): “What a great qualifying! Starting from pole position on a circuit like Indianapolis is of course great for the start of the spectacle on Sunday. I expect a very tough race. We’ll encounter more than 20 GT cars on the track, plus vehicles from the GTP, LMP2 and LMP3 classes – a lot can happen. Our goal is clear: We want to turn our pole position into a victory. Our team is strong, the car handles beautifully. All the ingredients are there to be successful.” Source: Porsche.

Ben Keating set benchmark in LMP2

Ben Keating and Paul Loup Chatin will start from LMP2 pole with #52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca LMP2 07.

Paul Miller Racing dominates both GTD class

In the GTD class, Madison Snow with the #1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 he shares with Bryan Sellers was the fastest of both GTD class.

JR III Racing locks out LMP3 front row.

📷 Courtesy of IMSA.

B. Garg / G. de Oliveira with #29 JR III Racing LMP3 Ligier JS P320 will start in pole of LMP3 class. The second JR III Racing LMP3 Ligier JS P320 will also start from LMP3 front row with N. Siegel / G. Gris in #30.

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